Abstract
India’s rapidly aging population is creating a growing demand for geriatric care. Geriatrics is a specialized branch of medicine that focuses on the healthcare needs of older adults where as Japan is also offering Healthcare Services without any restrictions to its citizens and also to people living there for more than 3 months. Both countries government has taken initiatives to increase geriatic care awareness among people. This paper explores the scope of geriatric care and also includes initiatives taken by Indian government and Japan government for the same. It includes purely a secondary research where data is collected from various websites.
Keywords
Geriatic care
UHC
senior citizens
Demographic
Aging
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